Immigration (Hansard, 16 November 1998)

§ Mr. Mike O'Brien

The figures for 1993–97 are given in the table.

Passengers refused leave to enter the United Kingdom and detained overnight or longer, by region and nationality, 1993–97
Geographical region and nationality	Year of detention
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
European Economic Area¹
Austria	⁷—	⁶—	⁷—	⁶—	⁶—
Belgium	⁷—	10	⁶—	⁷—	10
Denmark	⁷—	⁷—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—
Finland	⁷—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—
France	40	30	⁷—	⁷—	10
Germany	⁶—	10	⁷—	⁷—	10
Greece	⁷—	⁷—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—
Iceland	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—
Italy	⁷—	30	⁷—	⁶—	10
Liechtenstein	⁵—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—
Luxembourg	⁶—	⁷—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—
Netherlands	10	40	10	10	10
Norway	⁷—	⁶—	⁶—	⁷—	⁶—
Portugal	20	30	⁶—	⁷—	10
Spain	⁶—	⁷—	⁶—	⁶—	⁷—
Sweden	10	10	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—
Other Europe
Bulgaria	10	30	60	40	110
Cyprus	50	340	200	280	290
Czechoslovak Passport Holders	30	30	10	10	10
Czech Republic	⁵—	10	30	50	190
Slovakia	⁵—	10	30	80	260
Hungary	20	10	20	20	40
Malta	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—
Poland	140	160	270	360	320
Romania	80	100	110	110	160
USSR Passport Holders	30	⁷—	10	⁷—	⁷—
Russia	⁵—	30	50	50	40
Other former USSR	⁵—	60	140	440	400
Switzerland	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—
Turkey	190	280	210	350	280
Yugoslav Passport Holders	60	50	120	120	320
Bosnia	⁵—	⁷—	⁷—	20	10
Croatia	⁵—	20	20	20	50
Slovenia	⁵—	10	10	10	20
Other former Yugoslavia	⁵—	10	10	10	⁷—
Other Europe	⁵—	40	40	40	140
Americas
Argentina	10	10	10	⁷—	10
Barbados	10	10	20	10	10
Brazil	70	60	60	100	90
Canada	30	20	30	40	40
Chile	⁷—	10	⁷—	⁷—	10
Colombia	140	170	180	270	300
Guyana	20	20	30	20	10
Jamaica	190	270	350	470	600
Mexico	10	20	10	20	20
Peru	30	30	40	40	10
Trinidad and Tobago	10	30	10	30	30
USA	70	100	80	80	90
Venezuela	10	10	10	20	20
Other Americas	⁵—	140	230	270	290
Africa
Algeria	130	200	250	230	280
Angola	60	70	50	100	100
Congo (Dem. Rep.)²	140	160	120	210	160
Egypt	⁷—	10	10	10	10
Ethiopia	70	60	20	30	20
Ghana	420	640	360	300	240
Kenya	150	170	180	120	170
Libya	40	20	20	⁷—	20
Mauritius	30	30	30	20	10
Morocco	20	40	20	30	50

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Passengers refused leave to enter the United Kingdom and detained overnight or longer, by region and nationality, 1993–97
Geographical region and nationality	Year of detention
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Nigeria	580	1,060	920	610	630
Sierra Leone	210	280	40	60	70
Somalia	150	100	110	120	170
South Africa	60	80	80	80	100
Sudan	10	30	20	40	30
Tanzania	70	80	100	30	60
Tunisia	10	20	⁷—	20	10
Uganda	50	40	40	40	60
Zambia	20	20	40	20	10
Zimbabwe	10	30	30	70	60
Other Africa	⁵—	580	560	410	280
Indian sub-continent
Bangladesh	120	150	140	100	80
India	140	310	200	220	230
Pakistan	140	260	220	270	420
Middle East
Iran	30	30	50	80	80
Iraq	40	40	50	80	60
Israel	10	20	20	50	40
Jordan	⁷—	10	⁷—	⁷—	10
Kuwait	⁷—	⁶—	⁶—	⁷—	⁷—
Lebanon	20	10	20	20	40
Saudi Arabia	10	⁶—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—
Syria	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	10	20
Yemen	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—
Other Middle East	⁵—	⁷—	10	10	30
Remainder of Asia
China	80	100	300	150	190
Hong Kong BDTC³	20	10	10	⁷—	10
Hong Kong stateless	20	⁷—	⁶—	⁶—	⁷—
Indonesia	⁷—	⁷—	⁶—	⁶—	⁷—
Japan	10	30	10	10	10
Malaysia	70	30	80	110	70
Philippines	10	20	10	10	10
Singapore	10	10	10	10	10
South Korea	10	10	20	10	10
Sri Lanka	180	260	130	150	140
Taiwan	⁵—	⁶—	⁷—	⁷—	⁶—
Thailand	⁶—	10	⁶—	⁷—	⁷—
Other Asia	⁵—	50	50	90	110
Oceania
Australia	10	10	20	20	20
New Zealand	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	⁷—	10
Other Oceania	⁵—	⁷—	⁷—	⁶—	⁷—
British Overseas citizens	30	20	10	20	30
Stateless⁴	360	550	680	830	820
Other countries not elsewhere specified	730	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—
All nationalities	5,570	7,940	7,480	8,220	9,240
¹Includes all current EEA countries throughout the period covered
² The Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly known as Zaire
³British Dependent Territories Citizens
⁴Stateless not elsewhere specified
⁵Not available
⁶Nil
⁷Negligible (i.e. 5 or fewer)

Note: The figures in this table have been rounded to the nearest 10; because of this the sum of the constituent items may not agree with the total as shown.